CENS 4th Annual Research Review
We are pleased to announce that the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) 4th Annual Research Review will be held on October 27, 2006 at the Tom Bradley International Center located on the UCLA campus. The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) at UCLA is a major research enterprise engaged in the development of wireless sensor systems and the application of revolutionary sensing technology to critical scientific and societal applications. Visit the CENS homepage to learn more about CENS and its technology research. Each year, members of the center and partners from across the world gather for a day-long symposium to communicate recent result and accomplishments in this fast paced field. This year marks our 4th CENS Research Review. We invite you to join us as we highlight our research accomplishments, report the results of novel scientific studies that utilize cutting- edge measurement and sensing technologies, and look toward future opportunities. In addition to an exciting suite of presentations by our faculty, student, and staff engineers and scientists, we are pleased to feature professor Joseph Paradiso of the MIT Media Laboratory as our keynote speaker, dozens of posters and demonstrations spotlighting the technical innovation fostered by the center, and plenty of stimulating colleagues.
Date: October 27, 2006
Time: 8am-6pm
Location: Tom Bradley International Center, UCLA Campus
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Joseph Paradiso, Sony Career Development Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences MIT Media Laboratory
Joseph Paradiso is the Sony Career Development Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory, where he directs the Responsive Environments group, and co-directed the Things That Think Consortium, a group of industry sponsors and Media Lab researchers who explore the extreme fringe of embedded computation, communication, and sensing. After receiving a BS in Electrical Engineering and Physics summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1977, Paradiso became a K.T. Compton fellow at the Lab for Nuclear Science at MIT, receiving his PhD in physics there in 1981 for research conducted at CERN in Geneva. After two years developing precision drift chambers at the Lab for High Energy Physics at ETH in Zurich, he joined the Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA in 1984, where his research encompassed spacecraft control systems, image processing algorithms, underwater sonar, and precision alignment sensors for large high-energy physics detectors. He joined the Media Lab in 1994, where his current research interests include sensor systems for human-computer interaction, wireless sensor networks, and ubiquitous computing. His honors include the 2000 Discover Magazine Award for Technological Innovation, and he has authored over 100 articles and technical reports on topics ranging from computer music to energy harvesting.
LOGISTICS
RSVP:
Guests are asked to Register: To register for attendance at the upcoming research review, please fill out the form and complete the requested information
LOCATION:
UCLA Tom Bradley International Hall located at 417 Charles E. Young Drive West at the intersection of Gayley and Strathmore Avenues. View a printable map of the UCLA Campus. [pdf]
View an interactive, detailed map of the UCLA campus, Tom Bradley International Hall can be found by clicking on the Northwest selection of the campus map.
More information on UCLA and additional campus maps and information can be found on the UCLA Homepage.
DIRECTIONS & PARKING:
View driving directions to the UCLA campus on line.
Driving directions to conference site at the Tom Bradley International Hall:
From the 405 Freeway, take Wilshire Boulevard eastbound to Gayley Avenue and turn left. Take Gayley to Strathmore Avenue and enter the UCLA campus by turning right on Strathmore. There will be a parking garage (lot 8) on your right and Tom Bradley Center will be to your left. Signs will direct you to the parking garage and then from the parking garage to Tom Bradley International Hall.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
A block of rooms has been reserved at:
The Westwood on Wilshire (formerly the Doubletree Hotel)
10740 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
For reservations, please call 1-800-472-8556 or 310-475-8711.
Please confirm your reservation with a credit card and identify the room block code as “UCLA CENS.” Hotel reservations must be made by October 5, 2006 to guarantee block rate. Check-in time is 3:00 PM and check-out time is 12:00 PM. Special rate includes the shuttle to & from campus and the hotel is walking distance to the UCLA campus.
The UC System rate is $149.00 single/double occupancy plus tax.
For hotel information on-line, visit the http://www.thewestwoodhotel.com/.
For more information on this event, contact: xuanmai@cens.ucla.edu.
